Since the infamous Lucknow guesthouse incident, BSP's Mayawati and SP's Mulayam have been sworn enemies. But Friday's rally in Mainpuri could well make that history.
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Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.
1. It may or may not be: impact of alliance of SP & BSP may be positive for these two parties in some Lok Sabha (LS) constituencies and in some it may be beneficial for BJP. I think it is pretty unpredictable and it is too early to celebrate for both Smt Mayawati and Mulayam Singh. 2. Regional parties, particularly SP, BSP, Trinamool Congress TDP, RJD and JD(S) & even NCP are against BJP but they have no love for Congress either which Congress president refuses to accept; it is his prerogative. 3. Though the abovementioned regional parties would like to form an anti-BJP Federal or Third front after the LS election, I hold a view that alliance of regional parties won’t be able to form a stable government in the Centre, and therefore, it will be a huge misfortune if NDA fails to get a clear majority. 4. My views on alliance of regional parties are based on a few solid reasons: (a) the regional parties do not have a common minimum programme to deal with many national economic and political issues;(b) not one of them is having a leader with national, all India level image; (c) far too many heads of regional parties are having Prime Ministerial ambitions and these ambitions will definitely mar stability and performance of the alliance government. 5. Incidentally, it is time for senior Congress leaders to do some critical introspection to find out why Congress, a political party established in 1885, finds itself in a situation in which it has to seek alliances with parties like RJD, NCP, DMK and many regional parties, whose survival is based on caste-based politics.
Plate tectonics at work. See the maturity and statesmanship of Shri Akhilesh Yadav, wise beyond his years. Should the occasion arise, he would play a constructive and significant role in assembling the coalition in Delhi. Others could learn from him.
1. It may or may not be: impact of alliance of SP & BSP may be positive for these two parties in some Lok Sabha (LS) constituencies and in some it may be beneficial for BJP. I think it is pretty unpredictable and it is too early to celebrate for both Smt Mayawati and Mulayam Singh. 2. Regional parties, particularly SP, BSP, Trinamool Congress TDP, RJD and JD(S) & even NCP are against BJP but they have no love for Congress either which Congress president refuses to accept; it is his prerogative. 3. Though the abovementioned regional parties would like to form an anti-BJP Federal or Third front after the LS election, I hold a view that alliance of regional parties won’t be able to form a stable government in the Centre, and therefore, it will be a huge misfortune if NDA fails to get a clear majority. 4. My views on alliance of regional parties are based on a few solid reasons: (a) the regional parties do not have a common minimum programme to deal with many national economic and political issues;(b) not one of them is having a leader with national, all India level image; (c) far too many heads of regional parties are having Prime Ministerial ambitions and these ambitions will definitely mar stability and performance of the alliance government. 5. Incidentally, it is time for senior Congress leaders to do some critical introspection to find out why Congress, a political party established in 1885, finds itself in a situation in which it has to seek alliances with parties like RJD, NCP, DMK and many regional parties, whose survival is based on caste-based politics.
Plate tectonics at work. See the maturity and statesmanship of Shri Akhilesh Yadav, wise beyond his years. Should the occasion arise, he would play a constructive and significant role in assembling the coalition in Delhi. Others could learn from him.